New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-31
AIYEM PIED MURDER.
I'M old lady t7trOaU1t into q ciste7'1a
because she aUOatld >sOt 9eVeaI
the hiding place Of her
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Minneapolis papers bring the follow
ing account Of an attempted murder
upon the person of Mrs. Hitler, mother
of Rev. G. E. Hitler, formerly of this
place. ,,The people of Maple, Grove
town were yesterday thrown into a
state of excitement when it was learned
that a couple Of unknown men had en-
| tered the farm house of Mrs. Hitler, an
aged widow lady, and after committing
what they no doubt intended to be mur-
der, had carried out their programme
and stolen $170 in money aud four GER
tifcates of deposit on the First National
Bank of Minneapolis, the amount. of the
certificates aggres ating $1,000. Mrs.
Hitler resides with D. 1. Hitler and an
other and younger son. About So clock
the sons left the house to work in the
fields some distance away. Mrs. Hitler
was engaged in doing housework, when
a couple Of strange men walked into
the house, and demanded something to
eat. Mrs Hitler quickly prepared a
meal, which the ruffians sat down to
and ate in a deliberate way. After fin
ishing, they told Mrs. Hitler what they
wanted, and demanded that she should
surrender what cash she possessed.
The old lady paid little attention to the
| demand, and was inclined to believe the
men were simply joking, until one of
them went to the cook stove in the
kitchen, and taking a flat iron, raised it
over Mrs. Killers head. They threat
ened to kill her unless she Yielded.
The defenseless woman begged the men
to spare her life, but bravely refused to
rev cal the Whereabouts of her money.
| The brutal thieves seized the old lady,
and, raising the covering to the cistern in
the kitchen, forced their victim into the
twelve foot-space below. They closed
the cistern, and doubtless concluded
that their victim would drown in the six
and a half feet of water. Fortunately
the old lady caught the iron pipe which
ran from the pump to the bottom of the
cistern. With remarkabl nerve she
managed to hold to this pipe until the
noise of her sons footsteps gladdened
her heart about II O. clock When the
boys recovered their mother from the
cistern she was terribly exhausted. She
is sixty-three years of age. She was
much better yesterday afternoon. An
investigation showed that the would-be
murderers had taken the money and
certificates mentioned. They had been
secreted in an organ in the parlor.
Yesterday afternoon the eldest son, D.
|. Hitler, came to Minneapolis and told
of the affair. Mrs. Hitler was able to
give a clear description of the robbers.
They both spoke German. They were
seeen by farmers in the vicinity about
10 o'clock, driving toward Osseo. Mrs.
Hitler is the mother Of Rev. Gustaye
Hitler, pastor of the Central German
Methodist Church of Minneapolis and
who resides at 1920 Thirteenth avenue
south. The Hitler farm house is about
sixteen miles from Minneapolis. The
city police are searching for the rob-
bers.
George G.. Min, the actor, was nearly
drowned in the Red river, at Winnipeg
yesterday, by the upsetting of q boat.
He was rescued by members of the
Winnipeg Rowing Club.
Canadian Knights of Labor will prob
ably secede from the general assembly
because they have to pay money for
legislation in the United States which
in no way benefits them.
Rev, DR.. Joseph Parker, who arrived
yesterday on the steamer Umbria, says
he did not come over TO fill Plymouth
pulpit, but to deliver an eulogy on Mr..
Beecher at the Academy Of Music,
Brooklyn, on Oct. 4.